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APPLICATION nusn DEC-9.1916.

l 269, l 03 Patent ed June 11, 1918.

' a large bo "ERICKLOBII, OF BOSTON, SACHUSET'IS.

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Lasers.

Improvement in Containers, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawin s, is a specification,

like characters on the rawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to containers and particularly to articles of this nature having y and a relatively smaller neck or filling opening such as the ice and hot water bags common in use, and aims to provide an improved article of this description.

The embodiment of my invention illustrated and described in this application is an ice bag, and

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a slde elevation;

Fig. 2, a'vertical section on'the line 2-2 Fig. 1, of an ice bag embodying myinvention,'and

Fig. 3 is a lower face view on a smaller scale of the stopper.

The bag 1 may be of any flexible and suitable material as rubber, or water-proof cloth, and of convenient size and .shape.

The be is' commonly made from a circular piece material and in order that it may have reasonably large .capacity with a convenient opening, it is common to fold or plait the sides of the bag vertically by hand, thereby permitting its expansion as desired and permitting also, the upper end or edge to be gathered so to speak, sufiiciently to t the neck member at the opening.

In the drawing, the bag is shown as formed with a plurality of successive longitudinal folds 2, which at the top are laid on a suitable neck member 3. These folds are preferably made wider at the lower end of the bag t an at its upper end so that when the bag is expanded, after the contents are placed therein, the folds will ermit of a substantial expansion in the Wldth of the bag and still have it conform substantially to the shape of the bag at its upper or to end, producing a bag when gartially fill substantially tubular or cylin rical in sha 0. This shape of bag hasbeen found to be 51c most practical and convenient for use in cases where such bags are commonly re quued.

Heretofore it has been the practice to se- V Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 9, 1918. Serial No. 186,080.

Patented June it, 1918.

cure the folded material 1 to the neck 3 by means of wires, or cords wound about the bag 1 and neck member, and suitably fastened. These wires are then covered by a narrow strip of suitable material as that of which: the bag ismade in any convenient manner, as by cementing the same to the neck 3 over the wires.

: This method is expensive and unsatisfactory in that the covered wires are always noticeable to some extent, and are apt to become rusty. This. method further does not always make a tight joint; and the narrow strip frequently becomes loose and pulls off.

I have conceived the novel idea of securing the bag to the neck by compressing the bag tightly against the same by means of a suitable bandor flange.

- method Fig. 2, is to rovide the metallic neck 3, which is threa ed on its nner wall 4 to receive the usual stopper, w1th a rela-- tively wide laterally extended flange 5, nori l ially extended therefrom, see dotted hnes i 2.

One satisfactory n assembling, the bag edge or end 6 is positioned ad'acent the angle 7 of the neck member and t e flange 5 is then, by any convenlent means, bent downwardly and" comvpressed tightly against the bag, efl'ectually ocking it between the neck 3 and its flange 5. If desired, rubber or other cement may be applied to that part of the bag to be cov-- ered by the flange and also to the surface of the neck 3, for more thoroughly guarding against leakage.

The neck, when secured to the bag in the manner described, is securely locked thereto and furthermore it presents an attractive apnot drop ofl. [Frequentlyafter a washer has e neck 3 whichadd to the" been used for a time it will become more or less'hardened and stretched, and drop of easily.

To avoid this annoyance, I have formed the stopper 9 of two pieces, the body 10 be .ingthreadedtoengage the-neckaaeusnal.

The upper edge ll. or": the hody is extended laterally and forms a seat for the lilo The top of the hody 9 is in this case enh= stantially a dish, convex if desired, and hav ing its edge turned inwardly and upwardly against the edge of the washer ill to se curely hold it in positien lit preferred, Fig. 3, instead of turning the entire dish edge inwardly and upwardly, the dish may he or such size as to register with the lower face or the edge of the flange and tne disk edge provided with tabs 13 in snfiicient nninher which may he readily turned up against the washer to hold it in place, and the disk is so shown in this case. perinits the ready replacing of the washer by a new one when desired, as the tahs can readily he manipulated by hand.

Douhtless modifications of the foregoing emhodiment of my invention may he made area within the scope of the appended claim and the epirit or the invention aedieclesed Claire:

An enpansihle receptacle cenaprising a sheet or flexible material folded to term a neclr portion a threaded neck hand within and adjacent the neck portion to receive interiorly a threaded stopper said threads also constituting a roughened enter surface to ririp the neek portion of the tlexihle recep tac e, said neck hand having an outwardly and downwardly turned perforated flan e compressed against said neck portion t e latter heing forced outward hy the cornpressinr action into the perforations to lock the nech hand and neck portion of the receptacle together In testimony whereof, l have signed my name to this specilieation FREDERIGK LQIBLQ 

